Bundle or package tie.



FRANK S. CHAPPELL, OF BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUNDLE OR. PACKAGE TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 24, 1910.

Application filed. December 10, 1909. Serial No. 532,484.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK S. GHAPPELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bradford, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bundle or Package Ties, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in package ties or fasteners andhas for its object to provide a fastener by which packages of all kindsmay be readily tied or bound up and also untied without injury to thedevice whereby it may be used over again on other packages.

The invention includes the novel features of construction andarrangementand combination of parts hereinafter described andparticularly set forth in the appended claims.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view showing my invention asapplied to a package in wrapping or secluring position. Fig. 2 is asectional detai Referring by reference characters to this drawing, thenumeral 1 represents a plate preferably of sheet metal having anelongated eye 1 to which is secured one end of a fastening tape 2, asindicated at W. To the opposite edge of the plate 1, is pivotallysecured a substantially S shaped member 8 having its pivotal connectionpreferably ef fected by turning over integral tongues 1 of the platearound the central bar 3 of the member 3. A portion of the plate betweenthe tongues 1 is bent up and serrated to form backwardly turned teeth asindicated at 1. The portions or bars 3*, 3, of the S shaped member areparallel with the central portion and with each other as shown. Thisprovides two open loops with their openings oppositely disposed. Infastening or tying apackage the plate is placed upon the top of thepackage and the tape passed around the package and inserted firstthrough the open end of one loop and then through the open end of theopposite loop and then drawn tight around the package when the twoportions 3 and 3 cause the tape to be held in engagement with the teethor prongs, thus securing the package.

The openings of the loops in opposite directions prevents any accidentaldisengagement of the tape, but it may be easily removed by pulling thetape fromunder one bar whereafter it may be easily disengaged from theteeth and then from the other bar.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A package orbundle fastener comprising a plate having a suitable flexible tapesecured at one edge thereof, and a substan tially S shaped member havingits central bar or portion pivotally connected to the opposite edge ofthe plate the outer and central bars or portions of the said memberlying in the same plane substantially as described.

2. A package or bundle fastener comprising a plate having a suitableflexible tape secured at one edge thereof, and a substantially S shapedmember having its central bar or portion pivotally connected to the opposite edge of the plate, the outer and central bars or portions of thesaid member lying in the same plane said plate having gripping teeth inproximity to the point of pivotal support of the S shaped member to gripa tape passed beneath the outer arms of the S-shaped member.

3. A package tie comprising a plate having a flexible tape secured toone edge thereof, a substantially S shaped member having three parallelbars lying in the same plane, integral tongues at the ends of one edgeof the plate encircling the central bar and integral teeth orprojections from the edge of the plate between said tongues to grip atape passed beneath the outer arms of the S- shaped member.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK S. GHAPPELL.

Witnesses:

Bonus B. STONE, J OHN Q. FIELD.

